Miracles of Love: French Fairy Tales by Women

Miracles of Love: French Fairy Tales by Women is the first time the Modern Language Association (MLA) series Texts and Translations has published a collection of fairy tales by the conteuses of the 1690s. Miracles of Love presents a select group of tales by the conteuses, focusing on Catherine Berna...

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Published in:Journal of American Folklore 2023-03, Vol.136 (540), p.216-218
Main Author: Duggan, Anne E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Ethnic Studies
Fairy tales
Folklore
French language
Love
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Summary:Miracles of Love: French Fairy Tales by Women is the first time the Modern Language Association (MLA) series Texts and Translations has published a collection of fairy tales by the conteuses of the 1690s. Miracles of Love presents a select group of tales by the conteuses, focusing on Catherine Bernard, Catherine Durand, Charlotte-Rose Caumont de La Force, Marie-Jeanne L'héritier de Villandon, and Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, Comtesse de Murat. Whereas, in Perrault, the stupid heroine marries an ugly dwarf to become intelligent and live happily ever after (the dwarf transforms into a handsome prince), Bernard puts a nightmarish twist on the tale: the heroine gains intelligence and betrays her dwarf husband by taking a lover, who eventually transforms to perfectly resemble the ugly dwarf.
ISSN:0021-8715
1535-1882
DOI:10.5406/15351882.136.540.07